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Part of University Archives: This series has been selected for inclusion in the VCU University Archives for its enduring administrative, fiscal, legal, or historical value.Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Fluctuations and Instantons in Complex Landscapes: From Ligand Unbinding to Proton Transfer, Justin Elenewski
Based on a True Story, Mary Elkins
Cognitive Origins of the “BIMBY” Effect: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Survey Ratings Regarding the Quality of Public Schools, James Ellis Jr.
INTERNAL CONTROL QUALITY AND INFORMATION ASYMMETRY IN THE SECONDARY LOAN MARKET, Dina El-Mahdy
Emotional Storytelling Choreography—A Look Into The Work of Mia Michaels, Bethany Emery
Circumpunct, Kristin Epperson
Mapping the Distant, Llorens Ana Esteve
THE EFFECTS OF SDF-1α TREATMENT ON THE MIGRATION OF NEURAL STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Corey Evans
Statistical image reconstruction for quantitative computed tomography, Joshua Evans
SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF GENE FUNCTIONS FOR MORPHOLOGICAL CHAIN FORMATION IN STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS, Karra Evans
Signifying Ruins: The Wreck and Rebirth of Modernity, Language, and Representation, Audrey Farley
The Effect of Insulating K-Type Files on Accuracy and Reliability as Used in Two Electronic Apex Locators, Timothy Finkler
Obsessions Of My Affections, Deborah FitzGerald
The Role of Faith Leaders in Partnerships among Health Promotion Researchers and Faith Communities, Rebecca Foco
The Rhetoric of Second Chance: The Invention of Ethos For An Ex-Offender, Modu Fofana-Kamara
Organizational Culture and Partnership Process: A Grounded Theory Study of Community-Campus Partnerships, Kready Sharon Foreman
The Superfund Program Past and Present Funding Implications, Nicole Franklin
Development of Dual-Pathway Inhibitors of Raf/MEK/ERK and PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathways., Sasha Fraser
Healthcare Acquired Infection Risk and Toothbrush Contamination in the ICU., Michelle Frazelle
Cyclic-di-GMP Signaling in the Borrelia Spirochetes, John Freedman
Melancholy and the Infant, Wesley Friedrich
Natural Disasters and Older Adults: The Social Construction of Disaster Planning, Elizabeth Fugate-Whitlock
A STUDY ON THE BIOCHEMICAL AND CELLULAR EFFECTS OF ENVIORMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE ON ADULT AND DEVELOPING RAT BRAIN BIOCHEMISTRY, Brian Fuller
Characterizing the distribution of planktonic fecal bacteria in the James River, Richmond, Virginia, John Furry
“CLICKED” BIVALENT MULTIFUNCTIONAL LIGANDS IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE., RONAK GANDHI
SECONDARY HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS’ SELF-EFFICACY REGARDING GEOGRAPHY TEACHING, Yan Gao
Quantitative Analysis of Contactin-Associated Protein and Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Isoform 1.6 following Experimental Diffuse Traumatic Brain Injury, Daniel Gardiner
Sweet Mercy: A Scientific Investigation, Aubrey Gartner
The Professional Identity Development of Gerontologists: An Experiential Learning Approach, Tracey Gendron
The content of electronic mentoring: A study of special educators participating in an online mentoring program, Roberta Gentry
Medication-Related Problems in Older Adults: A Focus on Underuse of Warfarin and Warfarin-Antibiotic Interactions, Parinaz K. Ghaswalla
Novel methodology for assessing phytoplankton response to pCO2 enrichment in fresh and saltwater, Susan B. Gifford
Playing with Aesthetics in Art Museums, Susan Glasser
Elizabeth Catlett's I Am the Negro Woman: Emerging from the Margins, Margaret Gottwald
Model-Guided Systems Metabolic Engineering of Clostridium thermocellum, Christopher Gowen
Three-Dimensional Photographic Evaluation of Immediate Soft Tissue Changes Following Rapid Maxillary Expansion, Nathan Granillo
Teaching English Language Learners in the Art Classroom: A Survey of Approaches, Alana Greer
Violations of the Divine: Forgiveness of Ingroup Transgressors within Church Congregations of the Christian Faith, Chelsea Greer
The characterization of the anterograde and retrograde consequences of traumatic axonal injury in a mouse model of diffuse brain injury, John E. Greer
A Horizontal Edges Bound for the Independence Number of a Graph, Michelle Grigsby
Childhood Maltreatment, Coping, and Coping Self-Efficacy among Offenders, David Guion
Design and Implementation of an Eye Blink Controlled Human Computer Interface, Poonam Gwalani
The Black Imprint of Beauty, Jamesha Hairston
Body Image and Sexuality Among Latino Youth, Raquel Halfond
On List-Coloring and the Sum List Chromatic Number of Graphs., Coleman Hall
Renditions, Nathan Halverson
Investigating the Relationship between Governance Mechanisms and the Disclosure of IT Control Weaknesses, Basil Hamdan
An Examination of Spiritual and Religious Coping and Well-Being and their Impact on the Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support, Angela Hardy-Duncan
Unfamiliar Streets: The Chattanooga Sit-ins, the Local Press, and the Concern for Civilities, Jessie Harris
The Epidemiology of Human Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis in Virginia, 2002 and 2003, Marilyn Goss Haskell
Rebonding Anomic Communities with Theatre of the Oppressed, Amanda Hauman
Thesis Proposal for: General and Specific Definitions: A Network Study of Differential Association, Nicholas Hauman
Electrophysiological characterization of enteric neurons isolated from the immortomouse, Edward G. Hawkins
THE EFFECT OF TEST-WISENESS ON SELF-EFFICACY AND MATHEMATIC PERFORMANCE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, Phyllis Haynes
The Presentation and Perception of Virtual Textures through a Haptic Matrix Display Device, Patrick Headley
Involvement of p53 in the S-phase Checkpoint during Nucleotide Deficiencies, Cortney Heyer
Racial Differences in the Genetics of Preeclampsia, Lori Hill
PHOSPHODIESTERASE-5 INHIBITION: A NOVEL STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STEM CELL THERAPY IN THE HEART, Nicholas Hoke
The Reconstruction of Historical Buildings: A Visitor and Historical Site Study, Alyssa Holland
The Regulation of TonB-dependent Transporters in Neisseria gnorrhoeae, Aimee Hollander
Distinguishing Between Homeless and Unstably Housed Men on Risk Factors for Homelessness, Valerie Holton
Preparing Early Childhood Special Educators for Inclusive Practice, Belinda Hooper
Cold War Educational Propaganda and Instructional Films, 1945-1965, Claire Hope
MODELING PARTICLE FILTRATION AND CAKING IN FIBROUS FILTER MEDIA, Seyed Alireza Hosseini
Evaluating Dental Surgery Post-operative Pain in Children Following Treatment Under General Anesthesia, Malinda Husson
Navigating the Space of My Body, Ferwa Ibrahim
Evaluation of Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) Introductions and Re-introductions Into Four Virginia Blue Ridge Mountain Streams, Michael Isel III
Interdisciplinary Teamwork Pedagogy, Carole Ivey
Factors Associated with Hospital Entry into Joint Venture Arrangements with Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Reethi Iyengar
Disaster Management Policy and People with Disabilities in the United States and Jamaica, Jessica Jagger
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF A PATHOGENIC VERSUS A NONPATHOGENIC NAEGLERIA SPECIES, Melissa Jamerson
Utilization of structural and biochemical cues to enhance peripheral nerve regeneration, Balendu Shekhar Jha
A novel bioactive glass-enhanced orthodontic bonding resin: A shear bond strength study, Cole Johnson
What It Means to Be a Man: Masculinity, Sexual Risk-Taking, and HIV Testing Behavior among Heterosexual African American Males, Jessica Johnson
Comparison of Epiphany® and AH-Plus® Root Canal Sealer Penetration of Dentinal Tubules: A SEM Study, Kalisha Jordan
pcaL1: An R Package of Principal Component Analysis using the L1 Norm, Sapan Jot
A Neural Network Approach to Estimating the Allowance for Bad Debt, Donald Joyner
Staying True To The Script: A Dramaturgical Examination of From The Mississippi Delta: Endesha Ida Mae Holland, Margarette Joyner
Characterization of Hpk2-Rrp2, two-component regulatory system in Treponema denticola, Sarkar Juni
A Subversive Socialist Craftsperson in the Post-Post Modern World (The Conspiratorial ranting of Kristoff Kamrath), Kristoffer Kamrath
Parasitic Interiors, Michael Kanasink
A Novel P300 speller with motor imagery embedded in a traditional oddball paradigm., Vaishnavi Karnad
Synthesis of cyclen based receptors and their use in separations biotechnology., Vivek Kaushik
Audition Technique: A Survival Guide (For College Undergraduate Students), Meghan Kelleher
The Absent Artist: Muteness and Fiction in Recent Painting, Costa Michael Kennedy
Alghe Mist, Jeffrey Kenney
From Desegregation to Desexigration in Richmond, Virginia, 1954-1973, Leslee Key
Speaking Subjects: Beckett’s Not I, Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, and Coetzee’s Foe, Jake Khoury
Expression Profiling and Functional Validation of MicroRNAs Involved in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder, Albert H. Kim
Dear Shadow: Poems, Gregory Kimbrell
DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL COPOLYOXETANES: ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS, Allison King